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QB Kyle McCord (transfer to Syracuse)

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Bestbuck36 said:
Confidence is growing now hopefully the leadership comes too.

He has a howitzer of an arm though. When he steps into it is a laser. Still good enough mobility too
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Yeah he needs to play almost the entire WKU game next week, and get a grasp of playing every snap and getting a rhythm with the entire offense.
 
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Throw-by-Throw Breakdown of Kyle McCord’s Performance in Ohio State’s Win Over Youngstown State

We rewatched all 20 of Kyle McCord’s throws against Youngstown State for a full breakdown of how he performed in Ohio State's home-opening win.
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THROW-BY-THROW BREAKDOWN OF KYLE MCCORD’S PERFORMANCE IN OHIO STATE’S WIN OVER YOUNGSTOWN STATE​

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Kyle McCord showed plenty of improvement in Ohio State’s second game of the season against Youngstown State on Saturday afternoon.

In McCord's most efficient game of his Ohio State career thus far, the junior likely secured the starting job going forward with his performance in the home opener, completing 14 of 20 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns in the Buckeyes' 35-7 win over Youngstown State.

One week after McCord didn't throw a touchdown in the season opener, Saturday featured his most pass completions, attempts, yards and touchdowns in any game through 14 appearances (three starts) of his career to date. In fact, his three touchdowns were as many as he had in his previous 13 games combined.

“Any time you can get that start under your belt, and especially get a win against a good Big Ten team like Indiana, it’s good for sure," McCord said after the win. “And then you use that confidence and that experience you got from that first week and carry it on to the second week. Now the goal is to use what I learned this week and carry it onto next week and keep that train rolling.

“First start of a new year, a season opener on the road, Big Ten team – there's a lot that goes into it. And I wouldn't necessarily call them distractions, but there's just a lot of things that go into that game, and once you get that game over with, got the win and then got into the flow of a normal week with a practice schedule and then know our routine and just kind of eased into it a little bit more ... I think definitely the emotions were just more calm more than anything, I feel like, so I think that definitely helps in the long run.”

Whether it was learning from the first game of the season, being more comfortable or just the fact that the Buckeyes were back home in Ohio Stadium, McCord had a calmer demeanor in Week 2. While he wasn’t perfect, none of his throws led to a turnover and he had much more good than bad Saturday afternoon against the Penguins.

Part of the reason for that was the opponent, but it was also due to the fact that McCord got into a rhythm with his top playmakers. After Marvin Harrison Jr. and Emeka Egbuka combined for just five catches for 34 yards in the season opener, the two got back to their usual ways against Youngstown State as Harrison finished with seven receptions for 160 yards and two touchdowns and Egbuka had five catches for 94 yards and a touchdown. In all, eight players caught at least one pass against Youngstown State.

Here’s a passing chart that breaks down McCord’s production when throwing the ball to each area of the field. Plays are categorized by how many yards McCord threw the ball in the air past the line of scrimmage and whether the ball reached its target inside or outside the hashes, though the stats listed include yards gained after the catch on each completion.

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The throw-by-throw breakdown of what happened on each of his 20 passes, in chronological order, with some GIFs and additional commentary mixed within:
  • Throw 1, 6-yard completion: McCord finds Xavier Johnson in the backfield for an easy six-yard gain on the first pass of the game.
  • Throw 2, 71-yard touchdown: Harrison gets behind the defense and McCord finds him for an easy touchdown toss.

  • Throw 3, 4-yard completion: Play action, Harrison crosses the field for an easy four-yard catch from McCord on first down.
  • Throw 4, 5-yard completion: Another easy completion for McCord behind the line of scrimmage, this one being a five-yard pass to Henderson.
  • Throw 5, Incomplete: The Youngstown State defender makes a good play to get in front of Emeka Egbuka for the pass breakup.
  • Throw 6, 8-yard completion: McCord connects with Harrison once again for eight yards.
  • Throw 7, 24-yard completion: Play action, McCord throws to Egbuka on a stop route and Egbuka makes a great one-on-one move to gain more yardage.
  • Throw 8, 39-yard touchdown: Play action, McCord moves to the right, lobs one to the end zone and Harrison readjusts and catches the touchdown pass.
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He did a better job against YState. His short passes were more accurate. They are still a little off where the receivers are catching them in awkward positions, but he is improving. It is still hard to determine if he is making the correct reads or not. The throw 5 from the above post, I think Fleming had more space between him and the defender. Also, it might have been Kyle who had an incompletion to Harrison where Fleming beat his defender down the left side. I think he is improving and hopefully he will improve more next week.
 
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Buckeyefrankmp said:
He did a better job against YState. His short passes were more accurate. They are still a little off where the receivers are catching them in awkward positions, but he is improving. It is still hard to determine if he is making the correct reads or not. The throw 5 from the above post, I think Fleming had more space between him and the defender. Also, it might have been Kyle who had an incompletion to Harrison where Fleming beat his defender down the left side. I think he is improving and hopefully he will improve more next week.
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Agreed. Definitely improved, his crossing routes and boundary throws were lasers. But a lot of his deep balls, while with incredible arm strength had a lot to do with blown DB coverages and WR adjustments (see both of Marv’s TDs).

If the line is going to struggle early on this year, and the RBs are in rotation, I really want to see Kyle step up and become a leader. Be much more vocal, be more hyped. Be on the sidelines encouraging and celebrating Brown, high diving the second stringers after a tuddy - the stuff you see confident QBs do who know they own their job. Because right now, no one is leading the offense on the field but Kyle is in a prime position and opportunity to do so.
 
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SEREbuckeye said:
Agreed. Definitely improved, his crossing routes and boundary throws were lasers. But a lot of his deep balls, while with incredible arm strength had a lot to do with blown DB coverages and WR adjustments (see both of Marv’s TDs).

If the line is going to struggle early on this year, and the RBs are in rotation, I really want to see Kyle step up and become a leader. Be much more vocal, be more hyped. Be on the sidelines encouraging and celebrating Brown, high diving the second stringers after a tuddy - the stuff you see confident QBs do who know they own their job. Because right now, no one is leading the offense on the field but Kyle is in a prime position and opportunity to do so.
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Agree with this 100%. Kyle is a great QB and coming into his own....the leadership though should follow here soon. You gotta have a reason to be confident right? He strings together another good performance (hopefully) against WKU and then he has the gravitas to just command a huddle and play the game.

I saw enough on Saturday to know this kid has the physical ability (run and pass) to be our guy at a high level. Since I have been speaking in generalities, Kyle has excellent arm strength, his reads at the line seem to be very good in terms of recognizing defensive fronts, accuracy is there, he knows when to run and when to pass, and he limits mistakes. That is a winning formula to me, and I think he will just keep improving. Meanwhile Brown is spraying balls like a Bauserman passing chart against Nebraska and to me does not inspire confidence in being QB1, though I will say I do think he can come in and win a game if necessary.

McCord is the guy though, there should be zero doubt. He might not be a Heisman contender this year, but he will get the job done if his OL can take care of him.
 
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